Duncan?

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a late contender for baby boy due soon!

What do you think?

I also like Max, John, Joseph, Arthur, Laurence

I'd like to avoid top ten if possible

Really like Arthur btw

This is the first joke I really understood when I was about seven or eight:

Knock knock!
Who's there?
Duncan
Duncan who?
Duncan MakeTheRhubarbGrow.

It always used to make snigger uncontrollably when I told it. I m afraid it's rather coloured my view of that name!

There were 31 babies named Duncan in the whole of Scotland in 2013.
info from www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/files2/stats/popular-forenames/2013/babiesnames-2013-t4.pdf

There was also one Dougal, one Dugal, one Dugald, one Dougan, one Dougie and 25 Douglas. Oh, and one Dougray.

There were 2 babies named Donnacha, the Gaelic version of Duncan. (That is the spelling listed; it can also be spelled Donnachadh).

I know two Duncans (one is called by the nickname 'Dochie' - the 'ch' as in 'loch' - which comes from the Gaelic version of Duncan.)

Dorothy In the parts of Scotland I know, to 'dunk' means to 'dip and moisten', as in 'dunking a biscuit in a cup of tea'. This dictionary says it comes from a word meaning 'damp': www.dsl.ac.uk/

But other Mumsnetters may have heard differently?

Amazingly, there is a whole Wikipedia article about dunking biscuits:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunking_%28biscuit%29

DS(10) 's best friend is Duncan. Also know another who is 60.

They are both marvellous.

Love the name Duncan.

I prefer all your other choices to Duncan. Duncan is horrible.

decanter I love Douglas and Duncan my huband is Douglas and my best friend is Duncan but love both the names...know plenty of wee Duncans in Scotland so maybe it is just up here...

That's a lovely name for a baby and an adult - not heard it for years, but why aren't there more Duncans?

Scottish connections here - know loads of Duncans, none under 30. I'd call it something like the Steve of Scotland. Ok, but very boring. Magnus way nicer.

I know a couple of Duncan's under 5, am in Scotland. It's a nice name.

I hate it personally. I think it's an ugly,unpleasant name. Your other names are much nicer.

I like it. I'd love to see Duncan, John or Laurence used.

I was considering Duncan for DS2 but there is one in the close family already so thought it would be confusing.

Duncan makes me think of Duncan Grant, I like it.

And the only one I know irl is in Scotland!

Duncan is a cool name and perfectly acceptable here in Scotland along with Douglas, Stuart, Gordon,Ian,Ross etc. The one I don't like is Scott, but each to their own.
Love Joseph, not Joe, and really love Laurence with a "u". Wish I had chosen that for ds

I'm Scottish and know no baby Duncan's! I know a few who are old. No baby Douglas's either.

bassington my Duncan is 5, there is one other Duncan in his school a few years older. I know some adult ones too. Is god solid Scottish name, and not too common.

We had this on our list and it was front runner for ages until DH used an unfortunate rhyming nickname for it one day and now I can't get past it!